The Albanese government's decision on Australia's 2035 climate pollution reduction target is looming.
It should be a straightforward choice: protect people or protect big polluters .
In just the past year, we have endured punishing heatwaves, back-to-back floods in Queensland and NSW, drought across parts of South Australia and Victoria, toxic algal blooms killing marine life , and freak storms leaving devastation in their wake.
These are no longer "one-off" events. Because of worsening climate change - caused by burning coal, oil and gas - these events are the new normal, coming harder and faster, and they are already reshaping how and where we live.
The toll on people and communities - particularly those experiencing marginalisation and disadvantage - is catastrophic.
People los